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SURGERY EOR EXAM {PAEA BLUEPRINT}
NEWEST 2026 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALL ANSWERED {520 Q & A} ALREADY GRADED A+/
PAEA PRACTICE EXAM |
What are some s/s for colorectal cancer? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > rectal
bleeding, tenesmus, iron deficiency anemia, abdominal mass or
pain, weakness, mets to liver and lung, change in stool quality of
caliber [#1 reason for lg bowel obstruction]
__________syndrome is when the stomach contents (usually sugars)
move too rapidly through the small intestines. S/S are nausea,
weakness, sweating, faintness, ocassionally diarrhea. -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Dumping
What predisposes a patient to colorectal cancer? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer
> Men - rectal cancer; Women - colon cancer; ulcerative colitis,
polyps >40yo, - peak at 70s, famililar polyposis, garner's
syndrome, hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer, lymphogranuloma
venereum
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What are the screening recommendations for colorectal cancer? At
what age should screening begin? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > At age 50 or
age 40 for increased-risk patients:
--yearly fecal occult blood test
--flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years
--colonoscopy every 10 years
--double contrast barium enema every 5 years
What are some mild risk factors for colorectal cancer? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > diet, inactivity, obesity, smoking, race, and alcohol
What increased testing should be performed on a high risk patient?
- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > genetic blood testing, UC or Chron's > 10 years
requires annual screening
Where is the most common site of distal metastases? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > liver
Monitoring of the tumor marker ____ is useful in colorectal
cancer. ________involvement is the most important prognostic
variable. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > CEA (carcinoembryonic antigen);
lymph node involvement
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________is multiple acquired diverticula through the colon. What is the
presentation? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Diverticulosis; LLQ pain, rectal
bleeding, alternating constipation and diarrhea
_______is infection of one or more diverticula...typically from
____obstruction. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Diverticulitis; fecaltih
In diverticulitis, colonoscopy is not recommended. Why? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > possible perforation
What is the acute treatment of diverticulitis? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
medical management -- IVF, bowel rest, IV abx
After 2 hospitalizations from diverticulitis, what is recommended?
- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > elective sigmoid colectomy
What is the treatment for a colovesical fistula? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer
> colectomy and primary bladder closure
_______is a congenital anomaly -- a remnant of the embryonic
vitelline/omphalomesenteric duct -- located w/in 2 feet of the
ileocecal valve. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Meckel's diverticulum
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What is the Meckel's diverticulum "rule of 2's"? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer
> 2 inches longs, located within 2 feet of the ileocecal valve, 2 times
as common in males than females, 2% of the population, 2%
symptomatic, 2 types of ectopic tissue -- gastric & pancreatic
For Meckel's diverticulum patients, those presenting with
malabsorption, impaction, perforation etc. are treated how? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > with surgical resection and/or small bowel resection
What are the three most common causes of a small bowel
obstruction? ABC's - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > A = adhesions
B = bulge (hernias)
C = cancer and tumor
What are the some other causes of a SBO? GIVES BAD CRAMPS -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > gallstone ileus (air in biliary tree),
intussuseption, volvuls, external compression, SMA syndrome (seen
with weight loss), Bezoars (trapped mass), abscesses, diverticulitis,
chrohn's disease, radiation enteritis, annular pancreas, Meckel's
diverticulum, Peritoneal adhesions, stricture
What does the PE show with a SBO? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > distended
tympanic abdomen, high pitches bowel sounds --
SURGERY EOR EXAM {PAEA BLUEPRINT}
NEWEST 2026 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
ALL ANSWERED {520 Q & A} ALREADY GRADED A+/
PAEA PRACTICE EXAM |
What are some s/s for colorectal cancer? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > rectal
bleeding, tenesmus, iron deficiency anemia, abdominal mass or
pain, weakness, mets to liver and lung, change in stool quality of
caliber [#1 reason for lg bowel obstruction]
__________syndrome is when the stomach contents (usually sugars)
move too rapidly through the small intestines. S/S are nausea,
weakness, sweating, faintness, ocassionally diarrhea. -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Dumping
What predisposes a patient to colorectal cancer? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer
> Men - rectal cancer; Women - colon cancer; ulcerative colitis,
polyps >40yo, - peak at 70s, famililar polyposis, garner's
syndrome, hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer, lymphogranuloma
venereum
,Page 2 of 97
What are the screening recommendations for colorectal cancer? At
what age should screening begin? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > At age 50 or
age 40 for increased-risk patients:
--yearly fecal occult blood test
--flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years
--colonoscopy every 10 years
--double contrast barium enema every 5 years
What are some mild risk factors for colorectal cancer? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > diet, inactivity, obesity, smoking, race, and alcohol
What increased testing should be performed on a high risk patient?
- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > genetic blood testing, UC or Chron's > 10 years
requires annual screening
Where is the most common site of distal metastases? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > liver
Monitoring of the tumor marker ____ is useful in colorectal
cancer. ________involvement is the most important prognostic
variable. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > CEA (carcinoembryonic antigen);
lymph node involvement
,Page 3 of 97
________is multiple acquired diverticula through the colon. What is the
presentation? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Diverticulosis; LLQ pain, rectal
bleeding, alternating constipation and diarrhea
_______is infection of one or more diverticula...typically from
____obstruction. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Diverticulitis; fecaltih
In diverticulitis, colonoscopy is not recommended. Why? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > possible perforation
What is the acute treatment of diverticulitis? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
medical management -- IVF, bowel rest, IV abx
After 2 hospitalizations from diverticulitis, what is recommended?
- ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > elective sigmoid colectomy
What is the treatment for a colovesical fistula? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer
> colectomy and primary bladder closure
_______is a congenital anomaly -- a remnant of the embryonic
vitelline/omphalomesenteric duct -- located w/in 2 feet of the
ileocecal valve. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Meckel's diverticulum
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What is the Meckel's diverticulum "rule of 2's"? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer
> 2 inches longs, located within 2 feet of the ileocecal valve, 2 times
as common in males than females, 2% of the population, 2%
symptomatic, 2 types of ectopic tissue -- gastric & pancreatic
For Meckel's diverticulum patients, those presenting with
malabsorption, impaction, perforation etc. are treated how? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > with surgical resection and/or small bowel resection
What are the three most common causes of a small bowel
obstruction? ABC's - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > A = adhesions
B = bulge (hernias)
C = cancer and tumor
What are the some other causes of a SBO? GIVES BAD CRAMPS -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > gallstone ileus (air in biliary tree),
intussuseption, volvuls, external compression, SMA syndrome (seen
with weight loss), Bezoars (trapped mass), abscesses, diverticulitis,
chrohn's disease, radiation enteritis, annular pancreas, Meckel's
diverticulum, Peritoneal adhesions, stricture
What does the PE show with a SBO? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > distended
tympanic abdomen, high pitches bowel sounds --
